Walter Jesse Jackson

{{short description|GB Lions & England international rugby union & league footballer}}

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{{Use British English|date=September 2016}}

{{Infobox rugby biography

|name = Walter Jackson

|birth_name = Walter Jesse Jackson

|birth_date = 16 March 1870

|death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1958|12|1|1870|3|16}}

|birth_place = Gloucester, England

|death_place = Halifax, West Yorkshire, England

|height =

|weight =

|position = Forward, Wing

|clubs1 = Gloucester

|years1 =

|apps1 =

|points1 =

|repyears1 = 1891

|repteam1 = British Isles XV

|repcaps1 = 5

|reppoints1 = 0

|repyears2 = 1894

|repteam2 = England

|repcaps2 = 1

|reppoints2 = 0

|module = {{infobox rugby league biography|embed=yes

|club1 = Halifax

|year1start = 1895

}}

}}

Walter Jesse Jackson (16 March 1870{{cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=XzxlTZ0IK7GwljLgyskbxA&scan=1|title=Birth details at freebmd.org.uk|publisher=freebmd.org.uk|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012}} – 1 December 1958){{cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=OUSenjc5QwhDhs6xgNZrlw&scan=1|title=Death details at freebmd.org.uk|publisher=freebmd.org.uk|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012}} was an English rugby union footballer who played in the 1890s. He played representative level rugby union for the British Isles,{{cite web|url=https://www.lionsrugby.com/player?PlayGuid=WJ224167|title=Statistics at lionsrugby.com|publisher=lionsrugby.com|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}} and England,{{cite web|url=http://en.espn.co.uk/england/rugby/player/1120.html|title=Statistics at en.espn.co.uk|publisher=en.espn.co.uk|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}} and at club level for Gloucester, and Halifax, as a forward, or wing.